The Duchess of Cornwall, left, is accompanied by actress Beverley Callard outside the Rovers Return pub during her visit to the set of the British TV series Coronation Street, in Manchester, England, Thursday Feb. 4, 2010. (Jon Super/ Associated Press)

Coronation Street turns 50 this month, and Canada's 775,000 fans are undoubtedly eager to celebrate this milestone.

Coronation Street ran its first episode on Dec. 9, 1960, and has maintained a strong and loyal following. Despite numerous deaths, kidnappings and other drama, life goes on 50 years later at the Rovers Return in Weatherfield, a fictional Manchester community.

To commemorate the show's 50th anniversary, Coronation Street promises amazing plot twists, pyrotechnics and a live show to boot.

Corrie, as the show is nicknamed, pulls in roughly 775,000 nightly viewers for the early-evening broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on CBC-TV, the Globe and Mail reported Tuesday. This figure indicates Corrie enjoys nearly the same number of viewers as CBC's primetime broadcast of The Tudors.

Canadian fans won't be able to watch the 50th-anniversary episodes at the same time they air in Britain, on Thursday night at 8 p.m. on CBC. But in the same time slot, longtime Corrie fan Debbie Travis will be hosting Corrie Crazy: Canada Loves Coronation Street to celebrate this half-century saga.

Watch CBC's Dec. 5 coverage of the anniversary on The National here.

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